Rainbow Dash woke up before Scootaloo, but decided not to wake her up or move in case she disturbed her. So Rainbow just laid down and listened to Scootaloo's heavy breathing. Rainbow and Scootaloo stayed like that for about an hour before Scootaloo slowly started to wake up. Scootaloo turned her sleepy head towards Rainbow Dash to see if she was awake. Scootaloo smiled at Rainbow when she realised that Rainbow was wide awake.
"You're finally awake." Rainbow Dash said sweetly.
Scootaloo just smiled at her sister. "Hey Rainbow." Scootaloo started.
"Yeah Scoots."
"Are we going to finalise the adoption today?" Rainbow Dash smiled at her sister. Rainbow could see how waiting too long to finalise the adoption could make Scootaloo nervous; she just didn't want Rainbow to change her mind about adopting her.
"Don't worry Scoots. I still want you as a sister, I always will. And to answer your question, yes we are going to finalise the adoption today."
Rainbow smiled at her younger sister when she saw how relived Scootaloo looked.
"You ready to get up yet?" Dash asked a still very sleepy looking orange filly.
"Ummmmm." Was the only answer Dash got. Rainbow slowly slipped out of the bed and walked out of the bedroom making sure to carefully close the door behind her.
Rainbow Dash walked down her stairs to the kitchen to make breakfast for herself and her sister. She started cooking pancakes while setting out the table for two. It felt weird setting the table for two people after living alone for so long thought Rainbow as she set the table by laying out plates, knifes, forks and cups for both of them. Rainbow went back to the pancakes to make sure that they hadn't been burnt. A quick check proved that they still needed a few more minutes before they were ready. She set herself busy putting the maple syrup, sugar and butter on the table. Dash went back over to the pancakes and started pulling them out of the pan and putting them on the plates that she had set out before. Scootaloo chose that exact moment to come trotting down the stairs, still a little groggy.
Scoots raised her head a little higher as the smell of pancakes drifted her way. "Mmmm, something smells good. Are you cooking pancakes Rainbow?"
Rainbow turned to look at Scootaloo before responding. "Yeah, I hope you like em' kid, I haven't cooked in a while."
Scootaloo smiled at her sister proudly. "Everything you do is good. I'm sure that they'll taste great."
Rainbow smiled back at her sister's encouragement before setting the plate on the table in front of herself and Scootaloo. "I hope so too." Replied Rainbow before she started digging into her pancakes.
Scootaloo started to do the same as soon as she realised that she was allowed to eat. In the orphanage where Scootaloo used to live, she used to have to wait until she was told she could start eating. "I'll have to get used to this." Mused Scootaloo to herself as she began eating her own pancakes.
"Mmmmm, these taste great." Said Scootaloo aloud.
"Thanks Scoots. I like them if I do say so myself." They both sat and ate their pancakes in silence, both content just to be in each other's company.
"You finished?" Asked Rainbow as she went to take Scootaloo's plate to the sink.
"Yeah, but let me do that for you sis. You cook I'll clean."
Rainbow Dash looked at her sister in surprise. "Thanks kid." Rainbow sat back down and watched Scootaloo clean and put away everything.
When Dash saw that Scootaloo had finished, she stood up and went over to the door and called out. "Hey, Scoots. You wanna come with me to finalise the adoption or do you want to wait here for me to get back?"
Scootaloo jumped up from where she had been sitting on the couch and raced over to the door. "WAIT. I want to come. I wanna say good bye to everyone I know there and of course I want to see Cheerliee again."
Rainbow just looked at her sister in amusement while thinking to herself how alike she had been at that age. "Come on then." Scootaloo climbed onto Rainbows back, and Rainbow jumped off her house and flew straight to the orphanage. Rainbow landed in the yard so Scoot could easily find her friends, while Rainbow went into the classroom to look for Cheerliee to talk about adopting Scootaloo.
Scootaloo ran up to a group of colts and fillies playing together. When they saw her coming they all ran up to her to see where she had been for the past two days. "I've been with Rainbow Dash. She's going to adopt me as her little sister."
Everypony was congratulating her at once. "Really?!" "Have fun at your new home!" We'll miss you!" "Promise us you'll come and visit us sometime!" Scootaloo acknowledged all her friends and then quietly excused herself to go find Cheerliee.
Rainbow Dash walked into the classroom and saw Cheerliee sitting at her desk going though some papers Rainbow assumed were homework.
"Hey." Cheerliee stopped what she doing and turned to looked at the blue pegasus.
"Hello there Rainbow Dash. What brings you to the orphanage? And if you don't mind me asking, I've heard a rumour that Scootaloo has been staying with you. Is that true?"
Rainbow smiled at Cheerliee, she always seemed to know what was going on.
"The exact matter of why I'm here. How would I go about adopting Scootaloo?" Rainbow asked.
Cheerliee put on the biggest smile Rainbow had ever seen. "I had hoped that was why you came here today." Then the impossible happened. Cheerliee's smile got even bigger. "Not much really, all you have to do is fill out a bit of paperwork and have someone who can vouch for you to agree you'll be a good parent, but I can do that for you if you want."
Rainbow smiled. "Thank you, that would be great. But I'm going to adopt her as a sister, not a mother."
"Ohhhh," Cheerliee silently mouthed. "Ok then, I'll just go and get the paperwork."
Rainbow nodded at Cheerliee. "Thank you Cheerliee. See you soon." As Cheerliee left Scootaloo entered the classroom.
"Hey sis, have you seen Cheerliee around here?" Rainbow turned to look at her little sister.
"Yeah, she's just gone to get the paperwork I need to fill out."
Scootaloo smiled. "Do you mind if I wait here with you so I can make sure I'll see Cheerliee before I go?"
Rainbow smiled back warmly at her soon to be younger sister. "Of course I don't mind." Scootaloo's smile got even bigger when she heard Dash's response. Cheerliee came out just after that carrying only about 5 sheets of paper.
"This is going to be quicker than I thought." Rainbow Dash thought to herself when she saw there wasn't much paperwork at all.
"Hello there Scootaloo. Are you excited to have a new sister?" Cheerliee asked warmly.
Scootaloo beamed at Cheerliee. "Yeah, we're going to have the best time together. I just can't wait until it's official."
Cheerliee smiled back at the young filly. While this was happening Rainbow had already started working on the paperwork that needed to be filled out. "You can go say goodbye to your friends Scoots. This will only take out five minutes."
Scootaloo nodded and went over to Cheerliee and hugged her. "Thank you for everything Cheerliee, I really had a great time here." Cheerliee hugged the orange filly back. "No, thank you Scootaloo. It wouldn't have been the same without you here."
Scootaloo smiled at Cheerliee before releasing her grip on Cheerliee, and running outside to say goodbye to all her friends. Cheerliee turned back to Rainbow Dash who was already on the third page. "Be sure to take care of her. I know you will but will you promise me that you won't let anything bad happen to her? She's already been through so much."
Rainbow looked up from the pages and looked Cheerliee sternly in the eye and said. "I can't promise you that nothing bad will happen to her, but I can promise you that I'll try to stop it before it happens, and I'll always be there for her if something ever does happen. I have no intention of abandoning her."
Cheerliee smiled at Rainbow Dash. She was much happier to hear the truth than hear a lie just to try and make her feel better. "Thank you for your honesty."
Rainbow smiled at her friend. Then went onto the last page. Cheerliee was about to leave when Rainbow called her back. "Hey Cheers. Can you sign this part for me?"
Cheerliee walked back over and saw she was on the part where you needed a friend's or family member's signature. "Of course I will." She happily signed the page, and looked back up at Rainbow. "She's all yours."
Rainbow smiled and hugged Cheerliee. "Thank you." Was all she said before she walked out to find Scootaloo.
"They'll make a lovely pair." Thought Cheerliee as she watched Rainbow leave to find her new sister.